On Thursday, a Kerala court acquitted 24-year-old DYFI worker Arjun who was the sole accused in the rape and murder of a 6-year-old girl in Vandiperiyar town in the Idukki district of Kerala in 2021. The court said, “In the result, the accused is found not guilty for the offences punishable under sections 449, 376, 377, 376A, 376AB, 302 of …
The Customs investigation into the Karipur gold smuggling case appeared to gain momentum on Monday with the agency’s preventive unit in Kochi poised to question Arjun Ayanki, a Kannur resident and prime suspect with alleged links to the ruling Communist Party of India. Investigators said Mr. Shafeek’s confessional statement under section 108 of the Criminal Procedure Code had prompted the …
Two activists of the youth wing of the CPI were hacked to death by a gang, with the Marxist party heading the ruling LDF alleging that Congress was behind the killings and the latter rejecting the charge on Monday. The CPI and DYFI alleged that Congress workers were behind the killing of DYFI activists, but the opposition party denied any …
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